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The word 'emergency'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
emergencyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32719
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of emergency in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Sensin an emergency on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"In the unlikely event of an emergency," said the moo. on page 42

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e nivver ken fan ye'll hae an emergency." on page 52

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
on that wiz keepit for sic an emergency. Aa the while Jeemicky wiz lo
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
a got hame fae Thailand on an emergency flight this mornin. But no. S
1 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
@EmzForzz It wiz an emergency(2020)

@cligeey tweeted
addock and a packet o Hardies emergency tenner blawn(2020)

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ly. She had niver had a richt emergency the like o this, no even in t
is nou, but ye’ll end up in emergency if ye dae this again.
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
and make her pay for all the emergency services that had to attend! (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ir-dye job. Tell them it's an emergency! They'lt huv tae chuck somebo on page 58

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
he school wur called intae an emergency assembly durin third period. on page 98

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
hit he sayed, bit this wis an emergency. They only had a couple o oor
irsels. Bit than there wis an emergency. It wis the nuin brek, an aab
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e back gates n A bail oot the emergency exit. Broonie n Addison ir tr on page 44

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
E WAKE MA MATE. . . IT’S AN EMERGENCY!’ ah lie.
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
rapped in, but it's kind o an emergency, ye see." on page 63

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
me fowk gaein tae Accident an Emergency at the back end o yule micht
forms’, the weekly update o Emergency Depairtmints Activity an Wait
n Times, 25 865 fowk went tae Emergency Depairtmints across the hail
it mair than 12 ‘oors in an Emergency depairtment.
re its hairdly surprisin that emergency services get even mair street
5 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
n the face o haird times. The emergency services haes proved their wu
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
lor5633 @AnniAlbaanni It's an emergency and you make it clear to the (2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
essage fer a caa back fae the emergency dentist. Got the third degree(2020)
message telt me tae phone an emergency dentist fae a list on the NHS(2020)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
with water proof map,compass, emergency whistle, biffy bag, witter pr(2020)